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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Northern Indiana

May 9, 2000Fulton County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 7:38 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2000, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2000, 8:40 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

County Fulton County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 9, 7:50 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Wauseon, OH	Numerous trees blown down. Barns damaged. Roof damage to businesses in town.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 4:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 092340
SVRFWA
OHC003-051-137-161-100040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
738 PM EDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN OHIO
  FULTON COUNTY IN OHIO
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN OHIO
  VAN WERT COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 840 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 37 MILES
  WEST OF WAUSEON TO 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAN WERT TO 20 MILES      
  WESTOF OHIO CITY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
  OHIO CITY
  VAN WERT
  OTTOVILLE
  CLOVERDALE
  DELPHOS
  LIMA
  SPENCERVILLE
  CONTINENTAL
  KALIDA
  ELIDA

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE 
STORMS! SEEK SHELTER I"MMEDIATELY!

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
215 PM EST TUE MAY 9 2000

MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT TONIGHT...WITH ETA PERHAPS
BEST WITH PLACEMENT OF SURFACE FEATURES.

5H VORT MOVES FROM KS THIS AFTERNOON TO SC IL BY 06Z WED AND TO
IN/OH BORDER BY 12Z...AS SFC LOW OVER C IL MOVES TO LE BY 06Z AND LO
BY 12Z...ALLOWING SFC COLD FRONT TO EXIT MY CWA AROUND DAWN
WEDNESDAY.

TONIGHT NORTH AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF CWA HAVE BEST MOISTURE...LIFT...
AND THETA E ADV. PWATS ARE 1.5 TO 1.6 WITH QPFS OF ABOUT AN INCH
OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY FALL...BUT AM ON THE FENCE
ABOUT NECESSITY OF FFA. WHILE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORIES MAY
BE REQUIRED LATER WITH THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS...THINK FFA CAN BE
DROPPED DUE TO DRY GROUND AND LACK OF HEAVY RAINFALL LAST
NIGHT/TODAY. FFG VALUES ARE 3.5 TO 4 INCHES PER SIX HOURS IN CENTRAL
AND EAST COUNTIES...2.5 TO 3 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST.

SPC CURRENTLY MONITORING WESTERN CWA FOR WW. WILL MENTION
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IN ZONES ATTM...WILL MAKE APPROPRIATE
WORDING/HEADLINE CHANGES IF/WHEN WW IS ISSUED.

WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE WILL KEEP CLOUDS IN THE EAST IN THE MORNING...
BUT OTHERWISE DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL MAKE FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WILL KEEP POPS IN WESTERN COUNTIES ON THURSDAY BUT WILL KEEP THEM
LOW. AVN IS PROGGING A STRONG CAP WITH LITTLE UPPER SUPPORT AND NOT
ALL THAT MUCH MOISTURE. MAIN SHOW WILL BE CLOSER TO THE SYSTEM WELL
WEST OF HERE.

IN THE EXTENDED WILL BUMP SATURDAYS SHOWERS UP TO FRIDAY AND WILL
KEEP WEEKEND DRY AS RIDGE BUILDS IN.

TEMPS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT AND WILL FOLLOW.

TKS TO DTX FOR COORD.

.IWX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES.

REAUGH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 6:54 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
554 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION...i.

0551 PM    ASHLEY                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   STEUBEN                        REOPRTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:02 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
602 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION...m.

0551 PM    MARKLE                    IN   TREES AND POWER LINES 5/09/00    HUNTINGTON                     DOWN REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:09 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
609 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0559 PM    1 N GARRETT               IN   TORNADO
05/09/00   DEKALB

0605 PM    ANGOLA                    IN   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/00   STEUBEN

0558 PM    FT WAYNE                  IN   TREES DOWN...ONE 1 1/2  05/09/00   ALLEN                          FOOT IN DIAMETER AT
                                          THE CORNER OF I 69
                                          AND US 24
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:18 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
618 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0612 PM    ZANESVILLE                IN   18-24 INCH TREE FELL 05/09/00   ALLEN                          ON HOUSE
                                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:26 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
626 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0608 PM    2 S LAGRANGE              IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00   LAGRANGE                       BARN DESTROYED
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

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Local storm report, May 9, 7:34 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
634 PM EST TUE MAY 09 2000

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0625 PM    HICKSVILLE                OH   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
05/09/00   DEFIANCE                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Henry	38 min
May 9, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Henry	34 min
May 9, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Williams	32 min
May 9, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Paulding, Van Wert	58 min
May 9, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Williams	39 min
May 9, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Henry	55 min
May 9, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam, Van Wert	62 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.